Psychedelic soul singer-songwriter Curtis Harding will be playing at the Brudenell Social Club, Leeds on March 26th as part of his headline European tour.

The upcoming series of dates follow the recent release of Curtis’ third studio album If Words Were Flowers released in November of last year. A moving, pointed and timely collection of songs all about love, resilience, and reconciliation from an artist who values the beauty and the power of human connection above all else.

Born in Saginaw, Michigan to a mechanical engineer and a gospel singer, Harding spent much of his formative years on the move, bouncing between north and south until his family ultimately landed in Atlanta. 

He learned to sing and play drums in church with his mother, who introduced him to the likes of Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples, but it was his sister’s collection of hip-hop tapes that would push him towards a career in music and inspire him to begin writing and rapping. 

With the Atlanta scene exploding onto the national stage at the time, Harding picked up work promoting luminary artists like Outkast and Cee-Lo Green on the legendary LaFace label and he soon found himself in the studio and on the road as a backup vocalist with Lauryn Hill, The Roots and Cypress Hill.